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The doughboy premium: an empirical assessment of the relative wages of American veterans of World War I

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This article examines 1940 US census data to assess the relative wages of World War I (WWI) veteran and nonveteran men. Our empirical analysis indicates a 3.6% wage premium for veterans, after controlling earnings-related characteristics. Although lower than comparable estimates for WWII veterans, our results suggest that American veterans of the Great War earned a higher wage premium than those of the Vietnam or Korean conflicts.

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  • Paul E. Gabriel, 2016. "The doughboy premium: an empirical assessment of the relative wages of American veterans of World War I," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(2), pages 93-96, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:23:y:2016:i:2:p:93-96
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1051652
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    1. Das, Tirthatanmoy & Polachek, Solomon, 2017. "Micro Foundations of Earnings Differences," IZA Discussion Papers 10922, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Paul E. Gabriel, 2020. "An Empirical Examination of the Occupational Attainment of American Veterans of World War I," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 101(3), pages 1009-1017, May.

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